The paper deals with the issue of cooperation of the research and development with
small and medium-size business. The possibility has also been presented of creating
comfortable conditions for such cooperation with the example of the project of
organisation of post-graduate work education in companies. The need of cooperation
of these two circles resulted in this case from the necessity of achieving the objectives
of a project co-financed from the funds of the European Social Fund. The paper presents
also the results of cooperation undertaken between the school facility and small
and medium-size companies, as well as assessment of the role of subsidies for the
project from EFS funds for its initiation and development.